Open Blind Entertainment can best be understood if thought of in the same context as Goodie Mob's "Cell Therapy". So, before reading any further please follow this link and allow the music to play.

Open Blind Entertainment is my response to black popular culture over the last 150 years and where I, as a non-black, find myself in relation to that culture. First of all, because I am white, I must immediately place myself on the outside looking in. As a non-black, it is impossible for me to understand the struggles that this culture has been through in the last few centuries. Though, it may be argued that, at this point in contemporary society, many blacks do not understand either. This ignorance among contemporary citizens is due to the fact that "White America", which still controls most of main-stream media, has made an effort to keep the masses uneducated of the realities and struggles of being black in America.

​During my studies, I found myself contemplating the stereotypical views that I, myself, hold towards the black community. Though we are 50 years removed from the Civil Rights Era, racism is still prevalent and can still be found within mainstream media. Nowhere else is racism more prevalent than in my own backyard, the South. With all these questions about racism, race relations, cultural identity, and racy visual imagery, I found myself becoming aware that more and more often, due to media attention and limited traditional southern views, I was associating black culture with negativity.

Through the process of making this piece I was able to really step back and asses my mindset and where I stand in terms of race relations. My feeling is this. If I can trust you and we're loyal to one another, I don't care if you're blue. What I learned about myself, though, is that I need to cut down on how much I read in to what the media is trying to feed me and pay more attention to people on an individual basis. If you know me well enough, you know where I stand. For those of you that don't, I hope you can view this piece with an open mind and with peace in your heart.

To my Sisters and my Brothers that know I have love for them, and for those that really know me, this one's for you...

"My mind won't allow me to not be curiousMy folk don't understand so they don't take it seriousBut every now and then, I wonderIf the gate was put up to keep crime out or to keep our ass in "

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